For Faye, a career in Finance was not so much a choice as a given. Through school and university, she always knew that Finance was her ultimate calling, and combined her studies with part-time Finance positions in everything from small local businesses to one of the UKs largest insurers, plus a placement at a Big Four consultancy.

Faye aimed high, and her 15 years in Finance reflect this, with an accelerated career trajectory that has seen her, amongst other achievements, lead an international charity back to financial recovery post-Covid,  change-manage a company’s transition to a new IT system, and oversee major assets and capital programme finances for a London local authority.

Whether in large or small organisations, Faye brings value to her role by focusing on strategy. She works closely with both Board members and other stakeholders to deliver higher-level financial and business advice, whilst also ensuring strategy is scrutinised, operational goals are met and stretched, and Directors are held to account.

But she also brings to this strategic focus a practised human touch, born, in part, of her charity work earlier in her career. She has drawn on this to deliver a strong track record of putting in place training to develop both Finance and non-Finance individuals in order to achieve business goals.
 

Faye’s wide-ranging experience in both small and large organisations, across both not-for-profit and commercial sectors, includes:

• Financial consultancy: Working with both commercial and not-for-profit organisations on a consultancy basis to ensure robust financial management.
• Start-up and growth: Establishing the full financial, legal and operational structure of a start-up business; leading the redesign and resourcing of the company to ensure all roles, IT systems, and processes were in place for scaling the business.
• Finance and Estates leadership: Managing and maximising multi-million-pound revenues both pre- and post-Covid; leading facilities and assets operations, compliance, purchase, sale, and leaseback; leading negotiations with pension funds and HMRC; completing new cost models for key business areas to ensure financial viability and sustainability.
• Operations and grants expertise: Managing a fund portfolio of £25 million; leading the development of the organisation’s financial and operational model; providing financial analysis to support strategic decision-making.
• Capital programmes and assets: Managing a £540 million Capital Programme and £2 billion asset portfolio; completing a new capitalisation policy to streamline allocation of funding; providing financial and operational support to newly established business units.
• Technical change management: Overseeing the transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 

• Change Management, in both Finance and Operations.
• Capital Investment Programmes
• Business Planning and Modelling
• Financial Strategy
• Working at Board Level
• Financial Accounting and systems implementation.

1. Professional Services in the private sector (start ups)
2. Local Government and public health Services
3. National and International Not for Profit

Faye keeps fit and healthy with weightlifting, skiing, and swimming, whilst she nurtures her creative side through reading, theatre, and, latterly, tailoring, in which she has completed a formal two year course.

Aside from her hobbies and interests, Faye also loves to enjoy life to the full with her family and friends – activities her part-time work at EFM leaves ample scope for.